Number of versions: 27

Edition: August 21, 2002
Updated: September 3, 2010

Switserland was one of the very first European countries that was
licensed by Waddington - UK (±1938) and Carlit apparently got a certain
liberty to deviate from the game design.
A very typical feature for the Swiss editions till about 1958 are the 5
metaltokens: pig - ape - moneybag - car
and four-leaf clover, followed by 6 fragile red
ones: dwarf - mushroom - lady bird
as rambler - pig - window cleaner with ladder and 4-leafed clover,
till the 8 Parker pewter tokens came in ± 1985 with the Parker editions:
hat - dog - wheelbarrow - iron - shoe - car -
thimble and rider-on-horse.

Switzerland is one
of the few countries where the streets in Monopoly are not only those of the
capital but of a number of cities, in this case 18.

The stations are typical Swiss
transportcompanies. The
relevant spaces of the original editions show the right vehicles (in green).
Later on they become colorless pictures and finally the neutral black locomotive
of Parker/Hasbro.

Three languages: Notice that the streets of the German cities are in
German, those of the French are in French, those of the Italian in Italian (only Lugano)
and even in German and French together (in Biel/Bienne and Freiburg/Fribourg).

Because of the fact that German and French are spoken in Switzerland often editions
from Germany and France are issued here as well.

Edition: Standard,
black box (1)Originalausgabe
für die Schweiz - Englisches Patent
Edition
spéciale pour la Suisse
conforme à l'original
Publisher: Edition Carlit - Zürich - ±1940
Dimensions of the box: 26.4 x 50.6 x 4.5 cm
The game:
The first Swiss editions are clearly according to the Waddingtons design
and not only because of the mention "Englisches patent" on the board's
midfield but merely because of the features like:

The "engines illustration", consisting of 2
engines, 2
houses and the ƒr-symbol entering into the mid O
of Monopoly in between. The engines are obviously Swiss models and
the houses became Swiss cottages.

This illustration having the "precursor" of Rich Uncle
Pennybags (since the year 2000 this man is
Mr. Monopoly) on
top is shown on a white-red label
printed or glued on the lid as well as on the black
back of the board. Typical for this variant of the game is the
additional red line in this image.

The board's midfield shows Monopoly in open, white characters on
top the "locomotives image".

The Swiss trains on the station spaces are, like in the
English editions, green and two
of them also
point backwards.

The names of the properties on the board are given
twice (in mirror image): one in German and one in French.

The Kanzlei/Chancellerie spaces only show a small black
round with a C (instead of an >) inside, so no
treasure chest.

The Nachsteuer/Impôt supplémentaire space only
show a text and a small black square with frame, so no
gold
ring.

An other feature of a game of the early periods is the fact that the rentof the unbuiltyellow
propertyRue de Bourg is the same as that of the other 2 yellow
streets, i.a. Fr 440.-. This mistake was made already in the first American
editions and was copied later to the editions of all other countries. However,
Carlit had more difficulty with it, because after it was soon followed by
an incorrect change (the rent was reduced to Fr.400,- instead
of increased) it was many years later brought back again to Fr.440,-.
Not until 1985 the correct rent of Fr.480,- was introduced.

Striking and typical deviations with regard to the London game board are:

The earlier mentioned Swiss locomotives and chalets in the "engines
illustration".

The strange guy behind 3 rods of the Jail, instead of
"the apelike
creature with thick lips" that used to hold
but one rod.

The tires of Free Parking car are not red
but white. This space
furthermore differs because of the presence of 2 blue
P-signs.

The 3rd corner shows an uncommon policeman without whistle.

The statement "Special edition for Switserland, according to the
original" already indicates a deliberate deviation of the Waddingtons'
design, however it is not clear why.

Other features of this edition:

The label on the lid as well as on the board is
extended by an extra red
bordered
(empty) field.

There are but 3 of 5 metal tokens left in this set.

The Kanzlei/Chancellerie cards are yellow,
while the
Chance cards are
orange.

The houses and hotels
are of glossywood.

Reasons to suppose this is an issue of around 1940 are:

The great similarity with the black "Standard
set (10'6) with board inside long box" from 1936 of Great Britain
(see
there), in which the "Mini
box" is replaced by a long box with large filling pieces. These spaces
are used for the two sets of Rules in the Swiss edition.

The banknotes
(53 x100 mm) are according the original design, i.e. they show an ellipse
in the centre having a great number inside being repeated next to that
two times in a small frame. Besides the ellipse shows the word Monopoly. Two
other small frames resp. show a house and a locomotive. However there is no
mention "pat.app.for no.3796-36" as was usual in other European
countries. The 7 denominations are printed in black on
colored paper, except for the 10000: 20 (on almost white) - 100
- 200 (on almost white) - 400 - 1000
- 2000 and 10000
(on white). Note: A former owner had hand-painted
the border of all 60 20-bills of this set with a redpen! It’s easy to understand
why: the original bills have nearly the same color as the 200-bills.

Only a German and French Rules was supplied with this issue, so no Italian
one.

This is an early publication of Carlit's important distributor "Franz
Carl Weber - Jouets Weber (Weber
Toys)". He obviously
was thát influential that he could desire his
name to be mentioned on the game. His companies name is printed in the extra red
bordered field of the label on the lid and boards' back. This is also an
indication for its age.

"The company was founded in Zürich by Franz Philipp Karl
Friedrich Weber in 1881 at an age of 26. His Toys Sales Company was deliberately
named Franz Carl Weber (Carl with C) to be distinguished from companies of the
same name. He used the rocking-horse for his logo because this toy was
one of the first products he sold in his shop. Franz died in 1948 and the
company was as yet continued by his son and subsequently his grandson.
Just over 100 years later, in 1984, the business was sold to Denner, a retail
trade chain, where it rapidly went on the downgrade; the number of branches
reduced from over 50 to 9. In 2006 Franz Carl Weber was taken over by the French
toy concern Ludendo."

It will be clear there is a great resemblance between this
edition and the preceeding one. However, it is important to refer to the type
of the tokens:

The
4 metal tokens in this set are
a car - four-leaf clover - money bag and pig.
Another important thing to mention is the fact that in this edition from Phil
Orbanes the rent
of the unbuilt yellow
properties is the same for all streets, i.a. Fr 440.-.

In an other set of this same edition I found 6 different tokens according to the picture: pig
- horse - dog - reindeer - lion and parrot.
And they seem to be the original ones because they have the same x-shaped
foot as the pig.

Ulrich Schädler, director of the
"Swiss Museum of Games", reports he has 2 F.C.Weber editions in his
museum who both have a red colored, plastic thimble as 4th token. He supposes Weber may have shortly applied this
thimble in a "transission period".
This seems strange, but in connection with the set with 5 never before applied
tokens it might be possible that in a "kind of transission period to the
fragile plastic red tokens" rather
arbitrary tokens have been used?

Besides the
rent for the unbuilt yellowproperty Rue
de Bourg Rue
de Bourg in these editions is Fr. 400
and for both other streets Fr 440.

There are only 4 of 5 tokens left in this set, viz.: car - pig - moneybag
and four-leaf clover.

The houses and hotels
are of glossy wood.

Both dice are red
with gold pips.

However,
what makes this a special edition is its group of yellow
properties again:
In view of what is said about this group of the preceeding editions it was to be
expected the rent for all 3 unbuilt properties would still be Fr.440,-

But nothing is less true. Carlit probably recognized Parker's
mistake (see chapter "Printer's
errors and Production mistakes") and then improved it the wrong way
in making the rent of the unbuilt property of the most expensive street, Rue de
Bourg, the lowest, viz. Fr.400,- instead of Fr.480,-.
This version has been maintained till the issues of 1982/85.

the Chance-cards are oranje
through and the Kanzlei/Chancellerie yellow.

the banknotes are (again without the mention of "pat.app.for no.3796-36")
printed in black on colored paper.
However, the colors differ. The
denominations are resp.: 20- 100 (on almost white) - 200
- 400 - 1000 (on almost
white) - 2000
and 10000.

the rent of all unbuilt yellow
streets is the same, i.a. Fr 440.-.

this set only has 3 of the 5 metal tokens.

the green houses and red
hotels are made of wood.

both dice are white with black pips.

Edition: Standard,
black box (3)
Publisher: Edition Carlit - Zürich - ±1958
Dimensions of the box: 26.4 x 50.6 x 4.5
cm
The game:
This edition is from the collection of Eugen Bruhin - Basel - CH.
As a collector of boardgames in general (over 1400 sets) he therefore also has a
couple of Monopoly editions. This black box edition he got as a X-mas
present in1957 or 1958. And because this black box still shows the "engines illustration"
on as well the lid, the game board's back as on the play side's midfield this
must be an issue from before 1961. Underneath
the picture on the midfield of the board it also still says "Englisches patent".
All this confirms the date of manufacture to be ±1958.
Eugen is lucky having a copy of the edition with the new now for the first time made of
very fragile redplastic. They stick in a cardboard filling piece in the box.
To name them once again: dwarf - mushroom - lady bird
as rambler - pig - window cleaner with ladder and 4-leafed clover.

Other features of this one of the latest black boxes are:

The Chance-cards are orange
through and the Kanzlei/Chancellerieyellow.

The
rent on the unbuilt yellowproperty
Rue de Bourg is Fr. 400.-.

The 7 Monopoly-banknotes (51x98 mm) are printed
in black on
colored paper. They show an ellipse in the centre having a large
number
inside being repeated next to that two times in a small frame. Besides
the
ellipse shows the word Monopoly. Two other small frames resp. show a
house and a locomotive. The denominations are: 20- 100 - 200
- 400 -
1000 (on almost white) - 2000
and 10000. Remark the large figures of
the
notes have a white outline.

The tent-shaped houses
and
hotels are of glossy wood.

There are 2 sets of Rules: German and French.

Note: Eugen have also seen this same edition, however with the
banknotes as in the later "white
boxes", i.e. with 2 small frames with 3 stars and closed, black figures in the ellipse, see under.
This may be an early indication of the "transition period", the
changeover from the Waddington design to the Parker design
(in ±1982/85). See a.o. "Identification
and location in tim

Edition:
Monopoly - black box - with Jouets Weber name (FCW2)
"Originalausgabe
für die Schweiz"
"Edition
spéciale pour la Suisse conforme à l'original"
Publisher: Edition Carlit - Zürich - ±1960
Dimensions of the box: 26.8 x 50.7 cm
The game:
This edition is equal to the one (FCW1) except for the new red
plastic tokens.
The fact that it still has the "extended label" on the lid and the board's
back may be attributed to the fact it is a Franz Carl Weber edition.

The red container for the smaller boxes is
missing in this set. It ought to be situated between the 2 filling up cardboard
pieces.
The banknotes show the house and locomotive in the small frames of
the bills.
There are 2 sets of Rules: German and French.

Edition:
Standard, red box
"Originalausgabe
für die Schweiz"
"Edition
spéciale pour la Suisse conforme à l'original"
Publisher: Edition Carlit - Zürich - ±1960
Dimensions of the box: 26.4 x 50.7 x 4.5
cm
The game:
Because a colored version of a game mostly comes after the issue of the standard
black box I assume this red box to be
from about 1960.

The board is still of the Waddington's design, so with the "engine
illustration" in the middle of the board. But new in this
edition are those three plastic inserts in the innerbox
for storage of the attributes: a red one
with 7 slots for the
banknotes, a socalled "bankers tray", a small square one with 6 small holes for the tokens and a
broad one of white
plastic for all cards, houses and hotels.
The banknotes are again as those of the following white box, so with 2 times
a small frame with 3 stars each.
There are German as well as French Rules.
Although the dice in a game need not necessarilly be the original one's
it is interesting to report in this case there is 1 green
one with black pips, the other one being red
with gold pips.

From now on the black box of Waddington is replaced by the more
colorful designed boxe of Parker Brothers.
The white lid shows the game board (without street names) in a green and
blue square the latter showing the Carlit logoand the mention "Edition Carlit".
From the green square's mid is the red
Monopoly bar, on top of which is the Exclusivity line. All 4 sides of the lid
also show the red
Monopoly bar.The
main steps closer to the full Parker design are now:

The bluetext on the
lid.

Both blue engines at the
lower right end of the lid with the precusor of Uncle Pennybags in the red
square.

The replacement of the Waddington's logo by the word
Monopoly in closed, black characters in the mid of the board with
below
the statement "Copyright 1935, 1946, 1961 by Parker Brothers Inc.,
USA". The rest of the board's design, like double
names on the properties, the Swiss cable cars and all 4 corner spaces remain still
unchanged.

The use of two plastic inserts in the innerbox: a red
one as banker's tray and a broader white one for the other accessories.

On
the other hand this set is still a mixture, so a product of the "transition
period", shown f.e. by the banknotes who do not longer show the
engine and house in both small frames but 2 times 3 stars, nor are the
typical Carlit banknotes applied yet. (Although there are also editions of this
version have been published with these Carlit banknotes.)

Other features of this version are:

The back side of the game
board is red.

The Chance cards are orange
through and the Kanzlei/Chancellerieyellow.
The dimensions are 53 x 88 mm.

This
is the same edition as the previous one, with the same reference
number andin contrast to before Franz Carl Weber had to do it now with
but a little
sticker.
From this the decrease of his influence on Carlit and in the same time the
increase of that of Parker Brothers' can be concluded .

there is only oneblue Parker-locomotive
on the lid, next to the red-square-with-Uncle
Pennybags.

the green space is rigidly pressed
against the edges of the lid.

The yellow green playside of the game
board shows the word Monopoly in closed black characters without a
frame. Mark the dull old pink color of
the first two streets and the ochre color of
the streets before the Free Parking corner. On the centre field, next to
the Start corner is the ref.number 20.1001, while all 4 sides of the lid only
show 1001 in bold figures. The boards back is white.
At the end of the Rule's first page it shows the number 40.1001.

Remarkable differences of this Parker Brothers design compared to the
earlier used Waddingtons board are:

The images on the stations spaces are different and not colored.

The lamp on Elektrizitätswerke is different.

The Free Parking corner shows a broad car with a white roof and
only 1 P-sign, however it is on a post.

On Wasserwerke is a different cock.

The policeman on the 3rd corner does have a skin color.

In the folded state of the board its play side is turned ourwards.

Furthermore:

The white innerbox consists of but one thin white plastic insert with 15 holes
for the attributes. Mark the 8 holes for the thin red
plastic tokens and both dice.
The rent on the unbuilt Rue de Bourg is again (!) the same
as of the other 2 yellowstreets,
viz. Fr 440,-.
The Chance cards are orange through and the Kanzlei/Chancellerieyellow.
The dimensions are 53 x 88 mm.
The money consists of Carlit banknotes (48x95 mm ), however still called
francs in the Rules. The only6 denominations of these dull banknotes are resp.: 20 - 100
- 500
- 1000
- 2000 and 10000.
The 6red plastic tokens are: dwarf - mushroom - lady bird
as rambler - pig - window cleaner with ladder and 4 leafed clover.
The houses and
hotels are of nice glossy wood.
The dice in this set are white with black pips (and a thick
red dot for 1), however, it is very doubtful
these Chinese dice have originally been supplied with this set.

Edition:
Monopoly - CHAMPION, ref.1001
"Exclusivité Carlit par Licence Parker Brothers
Inc. U.S.A."
"Marque et modèle déposés. Tous droits réservés."
Publisher: Parker Bros./Carlit - Zürich - ±1978
Dimensions of the box: 21.2 x 42.7 cm
The game:
In the seventies Monopoly World Championships have been played 4 times viz. in 1973 - 1974 - 1975
and 1977 (today it is only once every 4 or 5 years). On the lid of this issue it says "mit Weltmeisterschafts Spielregeln"
() What could they differ from those for you and me, however, there is no
reference to this in the Rules of this set. They are printed on grey,
environment friendly paper and at the bottom of the first page it says
"40.1001/0178", that most probably means they are printed January 1978.
Conclusion: whether the Rules of this set are not the original ones or there is
no relation between a World Championship of a certain year and this issue.

It is worth to report the Carlit logo differs from the
standard edition with the same ref.nr. being simply the name in bold in a white
square. For the rest this small edition is the same as the earlier mentioned one
with the exception of:

the somewhat smaller sizes of the box and the game
board.

the lack of 6 holes for the fragile red
plastic tokens.

The rent on the unbuilt Rue de Bourg is the same
as of the other 2 yellowstreets,
viz. Fr 440,-.

one hole for both dice.

the absence of a space for the Rules.

The dice are yellow with gold
pips.

This set was bought in October 2000 on the SPIEL'00 in Essen - D for DM 35,- (€ 17,88).

Edition: Monopoly
Grand Luxe, ref. 001111 690162
Publisher: Parker Bros./Carlit+Ravensburger Spiele Vertr.AG - Wettingen -1985
Dimensions of the box: 26.1 x 50.9 cm
The game:
(The mentioned ref.number is only shown on the game board's playside.)
The design of this edition shows great resemblance to that of the black
box of the German "Sondausgabe mit dem MONOPOLY-Buch von Maxine
Brady" from 1968.

However, this is clearly a 1985 issue, because the midfield of the board shows under
the word MONOPOLY in open characters, without frame the latest copyright year 1985.
It
is striking that the corner squares still show the typical Swiss images.
The board's back is red.
The insert of the innerbox is covered with red
felt and contains 14 trays for the attributes. The bottom side is white and
unprinted.
The property deeds have got the normal sizes of 55x85 mm. They have
rounded corners.
The rent on the unbuilt Rue de Bourg is for the
first time higher than
on the other 2 yellowstreets, viz.
Fr 480,-.
The size of the light pinkChance-
and light blueKanzlei/Chancellerie
cards are 55 x 85 mm. Their backs show the repeting pattern of
"locomotive-Uncle Pennybags-locomotive".
The money now consists of Monopoly-banknotes with in the circle: "Monopoli® - Monopoly® - Monopol®"
and "Copyright 1935 by Parker Brothers USA". The 7 denomitations
are printed in black on colored paper, respectively: 20 (on white) - 50
- 100 - 500
- 1.000 - 2.
000 and 10.000.
The 8 tokens now became the well known metal ones from Parker Brothers:
hat - dog - wheelbarrow - iron - shoe - car - thimble and rider-on-horse.
The houses and
hotels are of wood and do have a roof edge.
Both dice are red and have gold pips.

This edition was "Made in France".

This set was bought in 1987.

Edition: Standard, ref. 00 1111 690226
Publisher: Parker Bros./Carlit+Ravensburger AG-
Würenlos -1985
Dimensions of the box: 26.1 x 50.9 cm
The game:
Again a newer and more colorful design of the lid of this edition.
This issue of the same year as the preceeding black box apparently
is the great change because now all corner squares as well as the
colors of the streets are exactly according to Parker Brothers design: the
jail rascal, the red car as well as the
policeman looks very familiar to us again. The station fields now only show the black
Parker locomotive.

The midfield of the blue green playfield of
the game board shows MONOPOLY in closed, black characters in a frame
diagonally over the board, with 1985 mentioned as the latest year in the
copyright line.
The Kanzlei/Chancellerie
spaces now show the blue
treasure chestschatkist while the Nachsteuer/Impôt supplémentaire
space show the gold-ring-with-diamond.
The innerbox now has an insert of red
plastic with 13 trays for the attributes. Its back is white and unprinted.
The rent on the unbuiltRue de Bourg remains from now on
higher than on the other 2 yellowstreets,
viz. Fr 480,-.
The pinkChance- and blueKanzlei/Chancellerie
cards have the repeating "locomotive-Uncle Pennybags-locomotive"
pattern on their back side.
The money again consists of Monopoly-banknotes with in the circle: "Monopoli® - Monopoly® - Monopol®"
and
"Copyright 1935 by Parker Brothers USA". The 7 denomitations
are consequently printed in black on colored paper and respectively: 20 (on white) - 50
-100 - 500
- 1.000 - 2.
000 and 10.000.
The 8 tokens are simple plastic pawns now.
The
houses and hotels do have a roof
edge, however they are of plastic. The houses in addition have a chimney in the
middle of the roof.
Both dice are red and have gold pips.

This edition was "Made in France".

Edition: Magnetic Pocket
Edition, barcode 25689
Publisher: Parker/Tonka GmbH/Gilco Ltd.- 1991
Dimensions of the folder : 1.5 x 10.5 x 18 cm
The game:
This travel edition has about the same size as a pocket diary. The red
folder is packed in a cover with a window. That window shows the Monopoly
bar the moment the folder is put in. The back side of the box show a picture of
the little game board with all attributes. The attributes are in a extendable
little tray that is hard to use on a journey. The flat tokens, houses
and hotels do stick on the surface of the game board, but there are no
facilities for the small and clumsy banknotes (25x47mm),
Chance- and Kanzlei-Chancellerie cards (26x44mm) and property
deeds (44x52mm), so that these things have to be hand held? The mini-dice (5x5x5mm)
are white with black pips.
This edition also have 3 sets of Rules: German, French and Italian.
This is not a very practical version, however it ought to be in a collection.

The price of this set amounted to DM 23,90 (€ 12,21) October 1992 in Vaduz-Lichtenstein

Edition:
Gute Reise Junior - German edition, Ref.Nr. 06607100
Publisher: Parker/Tonka/Hasbro -
1992
Dimensions of the little white box: 13.5 x 17.0 x 1.8 cm
The game:
The little white box consists of a lid, with a little game board
inside, and a bottom part also to be used as banker's tray. A
separately supplied sticker has to be put on the lid as yet.

Like in the large editions there are 4 colored cars for the players.
Because the board is so small the cars have to be pinned into the board vertically.
When a player lands on a space already occupied by a token, he has to continue
to the next field.
Each player receives 10 (with only 2 players 14) put in
in the same color of his car at the start of the game as well as a pocket money
of DM 31.- in total. Because of the resticted space the ticket booths must be
pinned upon each other.
The 24Ereignis cards (2.5x4.2 cm) have to be torn loose yet from
the joint paper. Next they must be put in the for that destined hole of the
banker's tray. The instructions on these cards are exactly the same as those of
the larger games.
In this banker's tray also the 5 tiny banknotes (1 - 2
- 3 - 4
and 5) must be put in the for that destined
holes.

The game is played the same way as the larger editions. Winner is the one, who
after 1 player ran out of pocket money is the richest.

Edition: Sammler-Edition
Publisher: Franklin Mint - 1992
Dimensions of the table: 7.5 x 52.5 x 52.5 cm + pedestal
The game:
Without exaggeration this "authorized" issue can be called The Game
of the Games. The board is made of distinguished mahogany
stained hardwood with a green felt-lined
sunken midfield. The printing is in gold. Underneath the playfield is a sliding
drawer for the banker, also green
felt-lined. The drawer has a knob provided with a brass coin with Uncle
Pennybag's head. On
the other 3 sides of the set is a brass plate with the word Monopoly.
The background of the streets is of the same mahogany
color as the wood. Even the instructions and the "Real Estate
Portfolio" are in this dignified color.
All 10 classic playing tokens are crafted in pewter and embellished with 22
carat gold. The architecturally-designed houses and hotels are dycast
and plated with silver and gold.
Also the banknotes have a luxury appearance and are special made for this
Collector's Edition. The number of banknotes is twice as much as usual. But for
what reason?
The redChance and yellowCommunity Chest cards have all funny illustrations with Uncle
Pennybags, as usual.
The wooden pedestal for this set contains another 4 drawers for the players to
collect their money and property cards. Finally the set can be covered by a glass
plate, to protect for dust.

Note (April 2009): Only the American board, as well as an Harley
Davidson edition, are still available from Franklin
Mint.

Edition: Disney Metropoly, ref.02 215 7
Publisher: Disney/Educa Sallent/Carlit Würenlos - 1993
Dimensions of the box: 27.1 x 37.2 cm
The game:
In this box the Rules are in three languages (German, French and Italian),
showing the mention "1988 Edition Carlit, Wettingen". This proofs this
game was also issued 1988 already.

This monopoly-like edition is meant for children from 6 to 10 years of age and
can be played by a maximum of 6 (5 players plus the banker). The one time folded
game board is oblong (36x52 cm) and has 12 spaces between the corners of the
long sides and 6 spaces on each short side. The corners are resp.: the star
space, Jail, Bank and Hotel.

At the start of the game each player get one piece of each of the 5 banknotes
(without currency) as well as a token of course. Typical of this game is that
the first 2 players are obliged to throw but 1 die at the first turn, while the
others are allowed to choose for 1 or 2 dice. As from the 2nd turn everyone has
to throw both dice.
The Attractions can be hired from the bank for 100 and returned to the
bank for the same amount in case of lack of money. In case an other player
comes on your Attraction he/she has to pay entrance fee. The extent of
the amount depends on the number of Attractions of the same color player has. At
1 Attraction the entrance fee is 100, at 2 already 300 and at all 3 of a serie
it becomes 600. Although it is the same for each Attraction these amounts are
mentioned on the back of each card.

There are 9 Glückskarten (Luck cards) and 9 Überrasschungskarten
(Surprise cards), all of solid cardboard (44x60 mm). They have to be put resp.
on the red Mickey space and the blue Pluto space of the board. Some texts read:

Only the rim of the lid 1 time says: "Made in Spain by Educa
Sallent SA".

The price of this set amounted in August 1997 to SFr 36,40
(€ 24,75).

Edition: Standard,
ref. 06951149
Publisher: Parker/Tonka/Hasbro Schweiz AG - 1993
Dimensions of the box: 26 x 51 cm
The game:
The design of the game hasn't been changed over the years of course. The streets
on the game board therefor are those of 18 Swiss cities.

This is a set of the Irish works, so with on the lid the fourth side of
the gameboard showing the collection of attributes on a green
background. On the bottom of the box is the well-known colorpicture
of the laughing family that is looking to each other rather then to the
game.The gameboard's back is red,
like the insert of the innerbox. The back side of the Chance cards is
printed with a red ?, while the Kanzlei/Chancellerie
cards show the blue treasure chest. The banknotes
are of class B, i.a. Monopoly money in white print on colored background.
The 10
tokens are of heavy metal and "made in China". The
plastic houses do have a chimney, the hotels don't.

Edition: Junior,
standard - French edition, Réf. 05415101
Publisher: Parker Bros./Hasbro Schweiz AG - 1994
Dimensions of the box: 24.5 x 48.5 cm
The game:
It was not until 1991 that the first issues of Junior Monopoly sets came on the
market, so 56 years after the game "for players from 8 years on" was
issued. This game is for children from the age of 5.

Like in the regular Monopoly game the aim is to collect as much money as
possible. At the moment one of the players runs out of money the other players
must count up their money to see who has won the game.
Four children can play at the same time, because there are 4 cars, resp. yellow, red,
blue and green.
The ticket booths are to be distributed amongst the players with the same
color of car.
The game "takes place in a children's favourite univers: a splendid fun
fair" and will be over in about 20 to 30 minutes. Oncle Riche brings you to
the roller coaster, magic show, water chute, dodgems, puppet show, miniature
golf, a.s.o. In the coarse of the game ticket booths can be bought to place on
an Amusement so that it becomes your property. If you also own the other
Amusement of the same color, you must pay double the amount shown on the space.

The back of the board is blue. The gameboard in folded vertically.

The insert of the innerbox is of blue
plastic. It contains 5 sloping holes (with number) for the banknotes, 1 hole fore the die(!), 1 hole for the 4 cars and finally
another 4 holes for the ticket booths.

On
the bottom of the box is a color picture of two girls and a boy playing
the game.

There are 6 Chance spaces where cards can be drawn with instructions
like "Allez sur la case toboggan à eau" (Go to the water chute) and
"Payez 3 francs pour prendre le tramway qui conduit au jardin d'enfants"
(in the English version: "Pay 3.- to take the tram to the cafe").
The dimensions of the tickets are: 55 x 84 mm.

The game was "fabriqué en Irlande".

The price of this set amounted to Bfr (!) 799 (€ 19,82) July 1997.

Edition: Monopoly
-travel
edition,
Réf.14248F
"Les
bons voyages"
Publisher: Parker/Tonka Corp./Hasbro Schweiz AG - 1994
Dimensions of the case: 5 x 12 x 18 cm
The game:
Because this is the French edition one plays for the streets of Paris in
this version.
On the redouter cardboard box is
a clear picture of the inside of this red
case.

This variant is a well-reflected and practical travelling companion indeed. The tokens
can be fixed on each space but not more than just one. That means that the next
player landing on the same street has to moveone step ahead. Only
on the corners is sufficient space for 4 players to stay. There are also 4 holes
per street for the houses and hotels.
There are no Chance nor Community Chest cards. Instead three
dice have to be thrown and the instruction mentioned in the table with the
corresponding number to be carried out. Instead of a free ticket to leave Jail
you get one of the 6 keys.
For the rest the Rules are the same as those of the regular edition.
These red cases are manufactured in China.
Suitable for children from age 8.

For
the rest its design and Rules are of course exactly the same as of all "red
cases".

It
is, like all "red cases",
manufactured in China.

The
price of this set amounted to SFr 20,- (€13,60) September 1997.

Edition:
Junior,
standard - French
edition,
Réf. 14540101
Publisher: Parker/Tonka/Hasbro Schweiz AG - 1996
Dimensions of the box: 26.8 x 26.8 cm
The game:
The differences between this issue and those of earlier years are remarkable,
viz.:

A complete new square box.

A new illustration on the cover: Children in a roller coaster car with 2
jumping dolphins in the background.

The color picture on the bottom of the box shows a scene again of 2
(different) girls and a boy.

Now the game board is oblong: 25 x 50.5 cm.

The back of the board is red
like the plastic tray in the inner box.

The money is the same as of the 1994 game.

The Chance cards have become much smaller in size: 43
x 63 mm.

The price of this set amounted to Bfr (!) 890,0 (€ 22,07) August 1997.

Edition: Standard, ref. 14535149
Publisher: Parker - Tonka Corp. - Hasbro Schweiz AG - 1996
Dimensions of the box: 26,8 x 40,1 cm
The game:
This "standard" box of course contains the red plastic
"banker's tray"
insert with the slots for 7 banknotes and property deed cards of the banker.
The board is folded in four and fits precisely on top the banker's tray
at storage.
The back side is red and the play side is blue
green. The set is naturally manufactured in Ireland and so it has the
picture of "the laughing family" at the back of the box.
On the board
are the Chance cards with their nice red
back with Monopoly bar, as usual next to the Start square and the Kanzlei/Chancellerie
cards with nice blue back and the Monopoly
bar again, next to the Free Parking corner.
The banknotes are of the one side printed new model, i.e. with a black
ribbon showing "Monopoly with Uncle Pennybags" in the upper part of the circle and at the bottom, almost
unvisible, the remark "1996 Tonka Corporation" (ref.1004535 OOB). The
currency is Fr (Franc) and the denominations are resp.: 20
- 100
- 200 - 400
- 1.000 - 2.000
and 10.000.
The 10 tokens are of light metal and are the widely known: hat - shoe -
car - boat - dog - wheellbarrow - rider-on-a-horse - thimble - iron and
canon.
The houses and hotels
are made of non transparant plastic and have overhanging roofs as well as an
excentrically placed chimney.
Both dice are white and have black pips.

With the arrival of this square box
an
end had come to the rectangular standard boxes of various sizes as well as of
unclear reference numbering. From now on the standard editions all over the
world will bear the number 00009, as it was given to the standard version of the
very early American Monopoly games, see: USA - Classic editions.

Except for the complete new design of the lid and the red
Monopoly bar as well, it is also striking that a third die has been added
to the game as a way to speed up the game, see under. Another remarkable fact is
Hasbro now so explicitely places the Parker
logo on the board, close to the Go corner as well as on the front side of
the lid and all 4 rims, while its own small logo is to be found on only one rim.
What can be the meaning of this?

This is the first Hasbro edition launched on the Italian market after
Ed.Giochi (eg) was forced to stop making their nice, typical Italian Parker editions.
Although this is the latest design of the general standard edition, it is
supplied in an old shaped box being 13 cm longer, like the edition of
France and Spain. Other European countries apply square boxes.
Another remarkable thing is that the subtitle under the red
bar of the lid use the same words as in the past, while this edition in all
other countries tell the people it is a fast-dealing game.

With the arrival of this edition a
number of new things are introduced, of which the most striking is the 3rd
die, the red so-called lucky
die speeding up the game. However, the game can still be played the
"old-fashioned way" without using this die.
This die shows the figures 1 - 2 and 3, bus
and Mr.Monopoly (twice). The effect of this lucky die is, in
connextion with both white dice:

1, 2 or 3: add this to your
throw with both white dice.

Bus: you may choose if
you want to move by means of 1 or both white dice.

Mr.Monopoly: proceed the
number thrown with the white dice and do what has to be done at that space. Next
you proceed to the first unsold property and buy it or let it be auctioned.
If there are no more unsold properties you proceed to the next property
owned by an other player and pay the rent required.

At double throw of the white dice, the
lucky die does not count.

If you throw in one throw
3x one, two or three you can proceed to a field to choice.

If you are sent to prison,
the lucky die no longer participates.

Other changes in this version
with respect to the "old Hasbro
standard" are:

The lid is in a
entirely new design in which the centre now shows a rectangular, bare
Monopoly-bar on top of which Mr.Monopoly
hold out a hand to you. The decoration ribbon of this top hat is no longer
white but green and in his left hand he
now has a cane with M-emblem.

Underneath the Monopoly-bar
now the Start-corner of the board is shown with on top .... indeed, again
both white dice now showing 3 and 6.

The lower part of the lid has a white
section showing this being a Hasbro issue
of a Family-game
for players aged as from 8 and a number of 2 to 6 persons, but
this must be an error.

The rims of the lid show the
Monopoly-bar and the Hasbro
logo, but no
Parker-logo. The 4th rim also shows the
article number on top the barcode. Besides the addresses of
the distributors in Italy and Switserland are mentioned.

The property deeds (56x88 mm) are
white with a red mortgage back.

The text side of the Probabilità-
en Imprevisti cards (56x88 mm) is white,
what looks cold. However, each text is illustrated with a funny image of Mr. Monopoly.
The instructions are still the same as the last 73 years.

The wad of banknotes
of this edition has ref.nr.100000090000-Rebrand. The notes are printed in black
on colored paper in the nominations: 1 (white) - 5
- 10 - 20
- 50 - 100
and 500Monopoly dollars
(symbol:
M with 2 horizontal little bars).

The 8 usual tokens
are sealed together with the dice in a small plastic bag with the
words "754000090000 C-2822A MADE IN
CHINA". But on the lid is said the game is only for 2 to 6 players.
This must be an error.

The hollow, plastic houses
and hotels do have a chimney as well as
an overhanging roof.

The Rules are
divided in a playful manner in sections and nicely illustrated, over an
oblong unfoldable page.

The underbox also looks nice: The
rims as well as the banker's tray are of the same red
color, while the Monopoly-bar is still good to be distinguised

As usual the two times folded game
has to be stored on top the banker's tray.

The bottom shows again a color image of
the game board with some attributes, an encouragement to rapidly start to
play as well as a few absolutely meaningless pictures under the head of "Make
it in Monopoly ..."

It is remarkable to see the lower end
of the back side of the box is showing the same announcement
we already met on the World edition of 2008, viz:

Play Time Doesn't End Here! EA monopoly.ea.com
Get ready for all-new interactive ways to play your favourite toys and gamesComing Soon From Electronic Arts Wherever You Play

MOBILE iPod
ONLINE POGO
VIDEOGAMES

This edition is also sold in
Switserland although only 6.5% of the population speaks Italian.

WINNING MOVES City- and
Theme editions

The first Winning Moves city games were issued in Great Britain, later
followed by Germany, Austria, France, The Netherlands and Switzerland.
They are all socalled "Authorized Opoly Games", i.a. they are
issued under the approval of and in cooperation with Hasbro. Like in the
American city games a part of the profit have to come from the adds of local
companies and institutions mentioned on the spaces. The prices of the streets
and other properties are always the same as those of the standard edition.

All editions are, like in other countries, made according to the same
pattern, viz.:

The colorfull lid always shows under the Monopoly bar a composition
of pictures of landmarks of the city, with in perspective mid-under the
first and last spaces at the left and the right of Start.

In the lower right corner are always 6 of 10 standard tokens shown, i.e.
car, boat, thimble, canon, wheelbarrow, and rider-on-horse. The other tokens
of the set are dog, hat, shoe and iron.

Mr. Monopoly (who was Rich Uncle Pennybags until 2000) with his red
bow tie is in the middle O of Monopoly in the red
bar.

The back of all game boards always varies in color.

The Banker's tray is a square tray of red
plastic on top of which the double folded game board is placed. One hole
contains a small, transparant case, presumably for the houses and
hotels.

A second, slightly higher tray of green plastic
has 7 slots to store the banknotes.

The money consists of banknotes of a local well-known bank.

Each set is supplied with a socalled property pouch.
According to Winning Moves that is to store the houses and hotels.

All well finished
plastic houses and hotels have overhanging roofs and an excentrically placed
chimney.

The dice are white and have black pips.

The last (but one) page of the Rules always show pictures of all properties of the edition
concerned.

Edition:
Zürich, Art.-Nr. 40 118
Publisher: Winning Moves Deutschland GmbH/Hasbro - 2001
Dimensions of the box: 26.8 x 40.1 x 5.3 cm
The game:
The back side of the game board is red.

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